Phoenician Honey Cookies (Biscuits)

Ingredients

• ½ cup (120 ml / 4 fl oz) honey
• 1 ¼ cups (250 g / 9 oz) superfine (caster) sugar
• finely chopped walnuts, for sprinkling
• equal quantities olive and corn oil, for deep-frying
• 1 ½ teaspoons ammonium bicarbonate or baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ tablespoon grated lemon zest
• + 5 more ingredients
• • 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons superfine (caster) sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 ¾ cups (200 g / 7 oz) all-purpose (plain) flour
  • butter, for greasing

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C/Gas Mark 6) and grease 2 cookie sheets (baking trays) with butter. Sift together the flour and salt into a large bowl and make a well in the center. Add the sugar, oil, lemon zest, and vanilla. Stir the baking soda into 5 tablespoons water in a bowl and pour in...

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